"Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, and important book."THE NEW YORK TIMESIf there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that ma
This dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders.To most Americ
Cowritten by Malcolm X’s daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.I am Malcolm. I am my father’s son. But to be my fat
Betty Before X is a powerful middle-grade fictionalized account of the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter Ilyasah Shabazz. In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-o
Presents the life of the African-American activist, describing his difficult childhood, criminal activities and imprisonment, conversion to the Nation of Islam and later break with the organization, a
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year Years in the making-the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figure in twentieth-century America
Highlights the life and accomplishments of Malcolm X, an African American Black Muslim leader who campaigned for civil rights and was assassinated for his views.
A brief biography of Malcolm X outlines the many changes in his life, from the death of his father through his prison conversion to the Nation of Islam and his break with that organization to his assa
Malcolm X was a country bumpkin who became a zoot-suited entertainer; who became a petty criminal; and, who became a self-taught intellectual. This title chronicles these many incarnations of Malcolm
Malcolm X lived in difficult times - when some thought that black people were inferior to white people. But Malcolm believed that black people should stand up for their rights and he preached this be
Few figures haunt the collective American psyche like Malcolm X. Hoodlum, convict, convert, prophet, nationalist, and martyr, Malcolm’s life spans the Civil Rights era like an index of America’s racia
What is looked upon as an American dream for white people has long been an American nightmare for black people. Malcolm X—born Malcolm Little—experienced that nightmare firsthand even as
